Assistant Accountant (National) at IIE MSA and IIE Varsity College

Duties and Responsibilities:

Accounts Payable

• Checks invoices/expenses and allocates to the Vendor Account and correct General Ledger as per allocation per campus.
• Checks and attaches all quotes and purchase orders to invoices (follows approvals framework).
• Compiles all supporting documents required for payment and prepares payment journal
• Reconciles all creditors accounts to statements, loads payment journal and submits for approval.
• Adheres to and maintains all financial procedures throughout completion of the accounts payable process (compliance with the audit procedures)
• Reviews all documents supplied with vendor forms, loads new vendors on accounting system and submits for approval.
• Support the finance team in the preparation of purchase orders
• Capture petty cash invoices and reload petty cash cards.
• Ensure sufficient audit trail and requirements for all finance duties performed
• Responsible for weekly and monthly creditors age analysis to ensure creditors are captured and paid timeously
• Responsible for maintaining list of regular monthly suppliers to ensure monthly completeness and cutoff of creditors age analysis.
• Review of all debit balances on creditors age analysis to ensure valid prepayments at month end.
• Finalise creditors age analysis for month end reporting

General Ledger

• Conducts general ledger reconciliations
• Processes and balances campus loan accounts
• Processes Cashbook transactions on the accounting system.
• Conducts bank reconciliations
• Supports the campus and national Finance teams
• Ad hoc requests and projects from Brand Accountant. 

Competencies required:

• An analytical approach to work
• Problem solving skills and solutions driven
• Sound numeracy and technical skills
• Initiative
• Excellent administration, planning/organisation and time keeping skills

Minimum Qualification Requirement:

• Minimum of a Matric, Finance Related Diploma (NQF Level 6) would be advantageous.

Minimum Work Experience Requirement: 

• Minimum of 3 - 4 years Bookkeeping experience.
• Experience in Microsoft D365 will be advantageous